Problems with Venmo privacy were first highlighted way back in 2018 . A security researcher demonstrated how the API could be used to obtain an alarming amount of personal data about users of the digital cash app. A related vulnerability was still in place in 2024 when it was used to highlight potentially embarrassing information about JD Vance. A new report says that the company is very belatedly fixing the problem … The problem has been that both Venmo transactions and the messages which accompany them have been public by default, along with your contacts in the app. A security researcher who analyzed more than 200 million transactions gave five illustrative stories about the embarrassing level of information revealed. This included the transactions of a cannabis dealer, and a couple seemingly living a soap-opera relationship. “Please leave me alone,” said the woman, who Do Thi Duc refers to as Susana. “I just love you. I’m sad that you don’t understand,” replies the man.…